Italy

Why One Italian Port Is Central to Indo-Pacific Competition
Trieste, the Italian port city at the head of the Adriatic Sea, is a pivotal link in Europe’s commercial and economic outreach toward the Indo-Pacific region. Historically serving as the...

Italy Could Be Headed Toward Another Debt Crisis
When it comes to gauging the Italian economic outlook, we would do well to remember Herb Stein’s famous aphorism: If something cannot go on forever, it will stop. If ever...

On International Women’s Day, Italy’s Meloni Is the Most Popular G7 Leader
March 8 is celebrated around the world as International Women’s Day. It’s an especially fitting occasion to reflect on the success of a woman who is quickly becoming one of...

Italy’s Meloni Is a Reliable Transatlantic Partner
The victory of Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia seemed to be a lightning rod for concern across the transatlantic community before her government was even out of the starting blocks. Now,...

Italian Prime Minister Meloni Vows to Back Ukraine
In her inaugural speech to Italy’s parliament, incoming prime minister Giorgia Meloni condemned fringe politics and vowed to continue Rome’s support for Ukraine in its ongoing war against Russia. Meloni...

Right-Wing Leader Giorgia Meloni Declares Victory in Italian Elections
Giorgia Meloni, the leader of Italy’s right-wing Brothers of Italy party, declared victory in the country’s latest parliamentary election on Sunday night after exit polls appeared to give her prospective...

PM Draghi Resigns, Italian Elections to Be Held in September
Italian president Sergio Mattarella officially dissolved Italy’s parliament on Thursday, allowing early elections to be held, following the resignation of prime minister Mario Draghi and the collapse of his left-right...

Hanging by a Thread: Italian Prime Minister’s Resignation Is Rejected
Italian president Sergia Mattarella announced on Thursday that Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who had offered to resign, would not be allowed to do so—a move potentially saving Draghi’s government from...

What Mario Draghi’s Visit Says About U.S.-Italian Relations
Italian prime minister Mario Draghi’s visit last week to Washington, DC, the first of a Western leader since the start of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine on February...

How Italian Special Operators Sunk a British Battleship
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The raid helped demonstrate the potential for special operations forces to have a strategic impact, and influenced how both the United States and the Soviet Union thought...

Italian Divers Dealt Significant Damage to Two British Battleships
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Most of the captured divers were released from custody in 1944, after having decided to fight for the Allied Italian government. Several were active in...

Italy’s Stipa-Caproni Aircraft Is Real, Even Though It Looks like a Toy
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Buoyed by the Italian government funding of his project, and interest in his work from the Italian aeronautics community, Stipa patented his design in Italy,...